My father and grandfather drove a truck but Dad always discouraged it, he was a Teamster w/ Local 299. After a dozen jobs, including teaching at a high school, I am back to driving (been doing in off & on for ten years), and I've narrowed it down to teaching or trucking. I'm working for a great company, and still absolutely love driving. I'm like a little kid doing what I've always wanted to do.

Teaching is still an option, but the problems in education, particularily for those who are entering later in their career, are huge. This is NOT to generate opinions about our current education system, that is for another topic/post. But who of you loves trucking and why?

Steven

 

i do, loving life, ain't no feeling like 22 wheelin'

 

Nothing else compares to driving a truck.

Where else can you get paid (by mileage) to sit in traffic for hours every day, arrive at the consignee on time but they say you're a full 24hrs early and have to wait until their appt time to unload, go from -10f and snow to 85f and sunny all in one day, etc

 

Cant say that I "Love it"...but, Im OK with it. Definitly a job you have to aquire a "taste" for. Some days are better than others. Gotta take the good with the bad in all that you do.
However....I do like my commute time, about 1 step and your at the Office. :lol: :lol:

 

Well said - some days are just great, some, well, you wanna become one of the idiots you read about that lost their mind and start shooting people.

It's not a job for everyone, that's for sure.

 

I like the driving- it's everything else that I dislike. Customers calling (a company driver would not likely have to deal with that), bad directions, bad food (truck stops), sedentary life style, and being away from home in general. The bills pile up and it's hard to keep track of things. The list goes on...

But I really like the driving.

 

I've been driving for almost a year now, and I absofreakinlutely love it! I've worked in the corporate world and the manufacturing industry most of my adult life.

I love driving because of the lower stress levels and not having to deal with the annoying people that I used to be a part of my daily routine.

More importantly, I enjoy my freedom.

 

I suppose I've got a super gravy job, driving a dump truck, hauling, and operating a street sweeper. Been doin' it for just over a month now, and I always enjoy getting behind the wheel. Most often I'm driving an unsynchronized 7 speed, and I love shifting gears, up and down, but the thing that makes me smile the most is honking the air horn. No clue why, but every time I pull that chain for my "pre trip" I always get a big smile.

If I ever stopped driving a truck, I'd install an air horn, on a manual valve with a pull chain in my Saturn. (could you picture that? LOL)

--Dave.

 

I may not care so much for the way the industry is, but I absolutely love being behind the wheel. Ever since I first arrived here from Europe, I've been absolutely fascinated with these machines. In Europe, you really don't see conventionals, the overall length is much shorter, and there really is no comparison as far as aesthetics go, although the tiny Scania/MAN/TAM/etc. cabovers are actually every bit as powerful, and actually do carry heavy loads. But they never fascinated me the way the vehicles here do, and I eventually got to drive one. I even graduated up to heavy hauling. Makes me feel like a real superfly sort, you know?

 

I do love driving truck. Looking at the bulldog on my hood 10hrs a day. It is in my blood. 4th gen. driver in my family. I just wished i had this love for a job that makes money.

Then i might be doing something. :wink: